KJZZ Covers AIM’s Undercover DEI Investigation at ASU
February 20, 2026
A pair of controversial videos released in January purport to show two ASU professors saying the university is still pursuing the spirit of DEI initiatives, even if they’re not using that exact language to describe them.
The videos were produced by an organization that calls itself Accuracy in Media. In them, people posing as prospective students enter the professors’ offices to ask if inclusion and diversity are still part of the university’s curriculum.
The heavily edited videos depict the professors giving answers suggesting the ideas are part of the school’s thinking in terms of how programs are shaped. Videos of a similar nature, also produced by Accuracy in Media, have led to firings at other universities.
State Press reporter Andi Ruiz noticed the videos targeting ASU and reported on them earlier this week. When The Show spoke to Ruiz on Friday morning, she said she was immediately struck by the videos’ confrontational style.
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